Photos: Prairie Garden

These pictures are mostly from the prairie garden.

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Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Tiered Goals

This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about goal-setting frameworks for goals_on_dw. Read Part 1: Introduction to Goal-Setting Frameworks, Part 2: The 1-3-5 Rule, Part 3: The 12-week Year, Part 4: ABCS (Achievable, Believable, Committed, Specific), Part 5: Backward Goal, Part 6: BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals), Part 7: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick), Part 8: CLEAR (Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable), Part 9: Goal Pyramid, Part 10: Golden Circle, Part 11: GROW (Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward), Part 12: HARD (Heartfelt, Animated, Required, Difficult), Part 13: KPI (Key Performance Indicators, Part 14: MASTER (Measurable, Achievable, Specific, Transforming, Evolving, Relevant), Part 15: NCT (Narratives, Commitments, and Tasks), Part 16: OKR (Objectives, Key Results), Part 17: PACT (Purposeful, Aligned, Continuous, Tracked), Part 18: Tiered Goals.


Part 18: Tiered Goals

Tiered goals separate into layers. There are various ways to do this, so there can be different numbers of layers and different names for each layer. Let's take a look at some popular options.



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Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy and wet.  It's been raining this morning.

I haven't fed the birds yet but I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

EDIT 5/12/25 -- I fed the birds.

EDIT 5/12/25 -- We went out shopping.  I picked up 2 partial flats of plants, 4 concrete pavers, 4 short tomato cages, and a package of plastic stakes to use as cheap hose guides.  Sadly I did not find any 'Gypsy' peppers, but I found a different Italian sweet pepper to try, and 2 of the excellent 'Chocolate Sprinkles' cherry tomatoes from last year.

When we pulled into the driveway at home, a male indigo bunting flew across the driveway, and there was another small brown bird that may have been a female.  :D

I put out the flats of plants.

EDIT 5/12/25 -- I went to go outside for some yardwork, but it is raining again.  :/  Ah well, at least it didn't rain while we were out and about.

EDIT 5/12/25 -- It stopped raining enough for me to do a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 5/12/25 -- I sowed cypress vine seeds around the support wire of the telephone pole.

As everything is still soaked, I am done for the night.

Monday Update 5-12-25

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Photos: Prairie Garden
Photos: Savanna
Photos: House Yard
Climate Change
Anti-Spam Outages
Birdfeeding
Today's Adventures
Photos: Charleston Food Forest 5-10-25
Sinking Land
Photos: House Yard
Chimpanzees
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Hatred
Sunshine Revival
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 5-9-25: Harry Potter
Hobbies: Flower Arranging
Birdfeeding
How to Fight Capitalism
Speak Your Language Day
Birdfeeding
Cuddle Party

"Not a Destination, But a Process" has 132 comments. "The Democratic Armada of the Caribbean" has 82 comments.

Last week's Poetry Fishbowl went well. I am still writing. "The Care and Feeding of Supervillains" has been sponsored and will appear presently.


Three Weeks for Dreamwidth runs April 25-May 15. During this time, people post content only visible on Dreamwidth (although it can be reposted elsewhere after the event ends). There's usually a flurry of activity as bloggers share anchor posts, new fiction, icons, banners, questionnaires, friending fests, memes, and other goodies. Community hosts often hold special activities in their communities too. Watch your reading page for more festivities. (See the introductory posts from 2022, 2023, 2024.) To find posts for this event, follow the Threeweeks feed.



This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about goal-setting frameworks for newcomers.

Goal-Setting Frameworks
* Part 1: Introduction to Goal-Setting Frameworks
* Part 2: The 1-3-5 Rule
* Part 3: The 12-week Year
* Part 4: ABCS (Achievable, Believable, Committed, Specific)
* Part 5: Backward Goal
* Part 6: BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals)
* Part 7: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick)
* Part 8: CLEAR (Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable)
* Part 9: Goal Pyramid
* Part 10: Golden Circle
* Part 11: GROW (Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward)
* Part 12: HARD (Heartfelt, Animated, Required, Difficult)
* Part 13: KPI (Key Performance Indicators
* Part 14: MASTER (Measurable, Achievable, Specific, Transforming, Evolving, Relevant)
* Part 15: NCT (Narratives, Commitments, and Tasks)
* Part 16: OKR (Objectives, Key Results)
* Part 17: PACT (Purposeful, Aligned, Continuous, Tracked)
* Part 18: Tiered Goals

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"The More Bizarre It Gets" is now complete! This poem opened and closed quickly. Cavalier and Tarnish work together at a Renaissance Faire.

"Babes in the Pineywoods belongs to the Big One thread of Polychrome Heroics. It has 18 new verses. Bo-Art and Creamjeans interact more with the Pineyspooks.


The weather has been wet here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, several starlings, several catbirds, several blackbirds, several mourning doves, a pair of cardinals, a pair of indigo buntings, two brown thrashers, two male goldfinches, a robin, a blue jay, an adult fox squirrel, a young fox squirrel, and a skunk. I spotted a female cardinal in the red birdbath, which is the first time I've actually caught that one in use. Tulips and trilliums are done blooming. Daffodils are winding down. Currently blooming: violets, dandelions, columbine, honeysuckle, alliums, Solomon's seal, lilies of the valley, pansies, violas, marigolds, petunias, red salvia, wild strawberries, verbena, lantana, sweet alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons, blue lobelia, perennial pinks, wood hyacinths, raspberries, impatiens, oxalis, moss rose, pink peony, poppies. Irises and blackberries have flower buds. Some mulberries have green fruit.

Photos: House Yard

The pink peony has bloomed. It was fully open earlier in the day, but then the rain made it close more. The color is spectacular. I was disappointed by the scent, though -- it's neither very strong nor very sweet. In contrast, the old white peonies are intensely fragrant. But it's nice to have variety.

Poem: "The Care and Feeding of Supervillains"

This poem came out of the May 6, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from janetmiles, nsfwords, see_also_friend, lone_cat, chanter1944, and readera. It also fills the "Caught Red-Handed" square in my 5-1-25 card for the Colors Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the Dr. Infanta and Kraken threads of the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem contains intense and controversial topics. Highlight to read the more detailed warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes drawbacks of superpowers, vulgar language, allusions to mad science, necessity and difficulty of studying supervillain bodies, sensitive data, reference to past educational neglect, discrimination based on type of superpowers, kidnapping and coersion, data theft, vague reference to terrorizing and killing unprincipled mad scientists, abuse of supervillains, pickpockets, irresponsible and violent use of superpowers, arrogance, bullying, and other mayhem. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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Notes for "The Care and Feeding of Supervillains"

These are the notes for "The Care and Feeding of Supervillains."

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Magpie Monday

dialecticdreamer is hosting Magpie Monday with a theme of "recovery and rebuilding."

Most of my readers are familiar with the way this works: send a prompt, I write a gentle fiction story (I warn for swear words, implied violence, sex, et al) and if I were any good at embroidery any more, I’d embroider “EARNED happy ending” instead fo “Home, sweet home,” and have it framed. With those very loose limitations, ask for the story that you, the reader, want to see.

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